Kim Parker contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the U.S. labor market. Businesses ...

When the Labor Department releases January employment numbers, they’re likely to show decent, but unspectacular, job growth ...

Unemployment drops and wages rise - but hiring is lower than expected - Donald Trump has inherited a solid labor market - but ...

More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and layoffs relatively low.

Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide ... of the pandemic), the Fed will raise rates in order to stymie economic activity. The unemployment rate will tend to rise (as has ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Local unemployment rates showed a month-over-month jump in December, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported. Mahoning County’s unemployment rate in December was 5.2 ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. The U.S. unemployment rate is released on the first Friday of every month for the preceding month. The current and past ...

From 2014 to 2024, Connecticut's and national unemployment rates followed similar trends. “CT's economy collapsed in 2008-2010 and has not yet recovered,” said Fred Carstensen, professor of ...

There's a chart that's been doing the rounds in recent ... the way you'd normally look at long-run historical figures like this). Now everything looks somewhat different. You can see that at ...

The V.I. Department of Labor has announced the finalized 2025 Unemployment Insurance tax rates for employers, which took effect on January 1, 2025. The average contribution rate for 2025 is 4.6% ...

Judging by the 4.1% unemployment rate, the US labor market would appear to be thriving. Most any economist would say this is about as good as it gets, implying the economy is at or near or near ...